Improvement in stock-cars



No. 106,887; Patented Aug. 309 1870i,

biana and State ol AZADOK STREETy OF SALEM, OHM).

Letters Patent No. 106,887, dated August 30, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN' STOCK-CARS.

.the Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part; of the saine LZADOK STREET, of Salem, in the county of Colum- Ohio, have invented au Improved Cattle or other Stock-Oar, of which the followingr is a specification.

. Nature and Objects ofthe Invention.

My improvements refer to means for fastening and separating cattle in railroad-cars.

The animals are held by stanehons on each side of` the neck, one of each pair being,r movable, and the pairs adj nstable as to distance for different sized cattle.

The animals'are separated by vertical bars just behind the shoulder and by the hips, so that their abdomens, being the parts-which occupy the most lateral space, may come in close Contact from one end to the other ofthecar. The cattle are thus caused to brace and support each other while the cars are in motion.

The posts or vertical bars are thus relieved ot' much strain, while they ei'ectually prevent the strong from overpowering or crowding upon lthe weak, and they occupy no valuable space in the car because they permit as many animals to could be without them.

All the bars are removable for stowagc of' dead freight, and maybe readily replaced for loading cattle.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

The invention is shown by a perspective view.

` General Description.

A is the floor ofthe car, and

B B the sides.

C is a longitudinal sectional frame about two feet from'the side ot'thecar, and secured thereto byframing and bolts in any secure manner.

Iu the frame'O are certain vertical stauchions, D, which are bolted top and bottom.

Other stanchious, E, are bolted at bottom, and at l.

be stowed in a given space as.

top are secured by bolt, piu, hook, or latch, to secure the heads of the cattle.

The distance apart of the pairs of stanchions is determined by the size of the cattle to be transported.

Across the top of the car, above the stauchions D, are bars 0r planks, F, with two mortises,f f', corresponding to similar mortises, g g', in the iioor of the car.

G H are vertical posts or bars which ivcly opposite tothe shoulders and hips, (as before stated,) ot' the cattle which are confined by the stanchions. These uprights are planed smooth, so as toavoid abrading the skills ofthe animalswhich are separated thereby. The uprghts serve to support the animals laterally as well as to confine each to its allotted space. They may be padded or cushioned at the lower portions, il'requircd, in case the cattle have to pertbrm long journeys.

lThe lower end oi'each upright. tits into a floor-mortise, and the upper end is.notched, as shown at l, so that, when driven laterally by the wedge m, it maybe secure against risingby the rubbing against it of the cattle. I

lhe frame and uprigbts described for yoking and separating,1 the cattle can all be readily unshipped and put on top of the car when the latter is to carry return freight. A

are respector thereabout,

Claim.

I claim as my invention- The arrangement,- in a cattle-car, and stancbions E D, in combination with the separating posts G H, located so as to bc at or near the shoulders and hips of the animals, as and for the purposes set forth.

Witnesses:

THOMAS Boussu., AL. E. BossALL.

of the frame 'C ZADOK STREET.' 

